The True Home Queen.

Otago Witness, Issue 2394, 18 January 1900, Page 59

The True Home Queen.

"Mothers," said a wise man to me th'j other day, " are often much too unselfish ; they forget their own rights or ignore them r and think only of the immediate interests and desires of the children they love, and many will even step down from then; high place to let a daughter take it." Too true. this! ft is an evil and ill-omened '■ day -in a girl's life when she consciously assists at such a sacrifice and lets her mothef go without something she needs that shj herself may benefit and secure small luxuries. The mother should be queen of the home, and not give up her position to a youiiger person, however fit and bright? she may appear to take it. Sometimes a mctliej' feels inferior, because, of course, the girls of to-day are intellectually head and shoulders above the girls of a generation ago. The women of to-day are progressing, but a wise, good mother will remember she has a wisdom of experience and lore all her own, and the most brilliant daughters will look up to her. In a word, as long as a girl remains under her father's roof she should treat her mother as the head of the home, and defer to her whenever possible, and not give herself airs because of advantages lier mother's own care and self-denial have secured her.